10 Modern Star Trek Plots That Are The Same
3. Evil Starfleet
Starfleet is evil. Now, that sounds like a heck of a statement, but when evil Starfleet storylines get pitched again, and again, and again, it seems as though this once glorious organisation is in fact one of the most devastating empires in history.
Star Trek: Picard depicted a Starfleet that was bruised and broken (ok, not evil) but refused flat out to help the Romulans after the incident on Mars. Billions died as a result. Star Trek: Discovery depicts a Starfleet that would happily commit genocide on the Klingon homeworld, or created a program that could wipe out all life in the galaxy. Star Trek: Lower Decks depicted yet another evil Admiral in the form of Buenamigo.
Once again, this is an example of the writers in the franchise not collaborating on their efforts. This theme of an evil or darker version of Starfleet, while not new to Star Trek, having so many examples of darker Starfleet so close together seems like several good ideas...tripping up over each other.